| French Wargame Holidays | 12 Jul 2019 3:27 p.m. PST |
Fresh off the painting desk some miniatures from my latest dark age project, Armorican/Bretons. 28mm Footsore miniatures
Full project plans on my blog
link Cheers
Matt
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L'Hotel de Hercé
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"Walk the battlefield in the morning, Wargame it in the afternoon" © |
| Grelber | 12 Jul 2019 10:25 p.m. PST |
Very nice job with the plaid designs! Grelber |
| Codsticker | 12 Jul 2019 11:19 p.m. PST |
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| Damion | 13 Jul 2019 2:39 a.m. PST |
Nicely painted but shouldn't they be wearing pants? Late Romans wore pants and the Celts before them did too. I would imagine the Bretons looked much like the rest of Gaul at the time in terms of clothing. Domnonée is likely named for the British kingdom of Dumnonia, the old pagus of the Dumnonii tribe who had close links to Armorica. It was the Dumnonians who settled in Armorica causing the region to be named Britain after their homeland. The Saxons eventually conquered the eastern part of Dumnonia. They kept the name and over time the name evolved into Devon, the modern English county. The western part remained British/Celtic and came under the rule of a subtribe called the Cornovii.
The kingdom was called Kernow after them. A region in Armorica was named Kernev for the same reason. The British kingdom of Kernow became the county of Cornwall and Cornouaille in Brittany is what Kernev is called in French – named for the English version of the name. Fascinating period in history and not well represented so great to see it. |
| Asteroid X | 14 Jul 2019 9:26 p.m. PST |
The Warhammer Ancient Battles books 'Fall of the West' and 'Age of Arthur' explore this period. |
| French Wargame Holidays | 23 Jul 2019 1:45 a.m. PST |
Another update on the blog, more skirmishers NSFW link Cheers
Matt |
| French Wargame Holidays | 13 Aug 2019 12:41 p.m. PST |
Breton Coloni spearmen
Cheers
Matt |
| French Wargame Holidays | 10 Nov 2019 4:53 a.m. PST |
Another unit completed
link Cheers
Matt |
| French Wargame Holidays | 11 Nov 2019 7:50 a.m. PST |
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| French Wargame Holidays | 12 Nov 2019 2:00 p.m. PST |
Another unit of spear added tonight link link
Project so far
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Cheers
Matt |
| French Wargame Holidays | 05 Dec 2019 1:02 p.m. PST |
Plodding through a lot of plaid at the moment, and it can at times be rewarding, a great pic on my blog link Cheers
Matt |
| Asteroid X | 09 Dec 2019 1:13 p.m. PST |
That plaid looks really nice! |
| French Wargame Holidays | 15 Dec 2019 2:24 p.m. PST |
Thanks, it has been a challenge Cheers
Matt |
| French Wargame Holidays | 04 Jan 2020 3:51 p.m. PST |
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| French Wargame Holidays | 17 Jan 2020 7:34 a.m. PST |
Another unit completed of Breton cavalry, the plaid was time consuming quite happy with the result
The rear of the riders plaid is viewable on my blog
link Salut
Matt |
| Atheling | 22 Jan 2020 3:05 a.m. PST |
Great stuff Matt. I think painting all that plaid might have started to drive me a little mad by now lol You've done a great job on the fabrics! justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com |
| French Wargame Holidays | 25 Jan 2020 1:46 p.m. PST |
Thank you very much Darrell, another unit almost completed cheers
Matt |
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